Bizye, Antoninus Pius, bronze (CN type 12926)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
138-161 n. Chr.
Issuing entity
ThraceCoin type in bronze struck at Bizye in Thrace under Antoninus Pius dated 138-161 n. Chr., catalogued as Corpus Nummorum type 12926. Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right. Reverse: City gate flanked by two towers, surmounted by a figure in quadriga.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze
- Recorded diameter
- 29 mm (from 1 recorded specimens)
- Recorded mean weight
- 15.69 g (mean of 1 recorded specimens)
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Bizye
- Region
- Thrace
- Authority type
- City
- Issuing authority
- Antoninus Pius
Design
- Obverse type
- Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius, right.
- Reverse type
- City gate flanked by two towers, surmounted by a figure in quadriga.
- Obverse legend
- ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟϹ
- Reverse legend
- ΗΓ Λ ΠΟΜΠΕΙΟV ΟVΟΠΕΙϹΚΟV ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ
Identification
- Period
- Roman Imperial Period
- Type corpus record
- https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/types/12926
- Type corpus identifier
- CN type 12926
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Documented
- Material
- Documented
- Weight
- Documented
- Mint or printer
- Documented
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Documented
- Licensed photograph
- Documented
Catalogue references
- Corpus Nummorum bibliographynr. 4158
- external concordanceRPC IV.1, 4158
Research required
- Photograph reuse terms to be confirmed with the holding institution